HFC99:Per Capita State Debt Burden

Floridans' Per Capita Debt Burden
36th in the Nation; 64% of National Average

Per Capita State Debt Burden
FY 1997 (latest available data)

Rank State Dollars Rank State Dollars

1. Alaska $5,403.28 26. South Carolina $1,422.82

2. Rhode Island 5,371.51 27. New Mexico 1,420.95

3. Connecticut 5,214.32 28. California 1,405.01

4. New Hampshire 4,985.89 29. North Dakota 1,404.18

5. Massachusetts 4,803.21 30. Missouri 1,403.02

6. Delaware 4,691.52 31. Idaho 1,320.76

7. Hawaii 4,425.20 32. Pennsylvania 1,278.51

8. New York 4,084.38 33. Ohio 1,201.27

9. Vermont 3,459.14 34. Utah 1,190.25

10. New Jersey 3,301.95 35. Oklahoma 1,144.17

11. Maine 2,578.58 36. Florida 1,093.33

12. South Dakota 2,494.15 37. Indiana 1,047.08

13. Montana 2,338.62 38. Minnesota 1,037.58

14. Illinois 2,000.74 39. Nebraska 901.89

15. Maryland 1,938.23 40. Mississippi 898.80

16. Wisconsin 1,901.71 41. Arkansas 890.93

17. Kentucky 1,821.99 42. Alabama 875.32

18. Wyoming 1,816.56 43. Colorado 873.94

19. Oregon 1,801.07 44. Georgia 826.29

United States 1,706.05 45. North Carolina 764.64

20. Washington 1,692.24 46. Iowa 706.13

21. West Virginia 1,673.74 47. Texas 641.08

22. Nevada 1,651.24 48. Tennessee 617.54

23. Louisiana 1,615.41 49. Arizona 601.96

24. Michigan 1,476.51 50. Kansas 466.78

25. Virginia 1,476.22

Florida's
5-Year History Rank Dollars % of U.S.
Average

1993 36 $1,026.95 54.5%

1994 36 $1,043.88 56.3%

1995 34 $1,084.96 57.3%

1996 36 $1,077.42 63.8%

1997 36 $1,093.33 64.1%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce and Florida TaxWatch, January 2000

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